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200th anniversary
16-06-2014On 19 November 1816, Emperor of Russia and King of Poland Alexander I signed the Royal University of Warsaw Foundation Act, with the University officially launched one and a half years later, on 14 May 1818. At the beginning the University consisted of five faculties. A few years later there were approximately 800 students and 40-50 professors. Today, the University of Warsaw has 21 faculties, over 44 500 students, 3 200 doctoral students, 3 300 …
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History
16-06-2014From the beginning, the history of the University of Warsaw has been inextricably linked to the history of Warsaw itself and in some measure – the history of the entire Republic of Poland, which, partitioned by the neighboring countries (Prussia, Austria-Hungary and Russia) towards the end of the eighteenth century disappeared from the European map for more than a hundred years. The hopes for the rebirth of the country emerged as early as in the …
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Faculties
16-06-2014When it was established in the early 1800s, the University of Warsaw had 5 faculties. Today, this figure has increased to 25. In 2016, the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science was divided into two units – Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies and Faculty of Political Science and International Studies. On 1st September 2020, five new faculties started their operation: Faculty of Archaeology, Faculty of History, Faculty of Soci…
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Authorities
16-06-2014The Rector is the head of the university. Together with the Vice-Rectors, he oversees UW administration and finances, makes key decisions, represents the University externally, and is in charge of the staff as well as undergraduates and postgraduates. The Senate is the University’s most important governing body. It has the authority to pass documents which are of key importance to the University, such as bylaws, the mission statement and strate…
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Facts and figures
16-06-20141816 The University of Warsaw was founded in 1816 >> 6 University graduates have won 6 Nobel Prize awards: Henryk Sienkiewicz, writer, winner of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded “because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer”, Czesław Miłosz, poet, prose writer, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature, Menachem Begin, prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978, Joseph Rotblat, physic…
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Research collaboration
16-06-2014International research networks University of Warsaw is a member of almost 100 international research networks, including: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion (IMISCOE), Research Network, Central & Eastern European Network of Indian Studies (CEENIS), European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM), Global Biodiversity Information Facil…
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Higher education cooperation
16-06-2014Associations of universities UW is a member of international conferences and associations of universities, to promote higher education and academic collaboration: European University Association (EUA), Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA), Heads of University Management & Administration Network in Europe (HUMANE), Magna Charta Observatory of Fundamental University Values and Rights, Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA)…
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Academic exchange
16-06-2014Incoming and outgoing students and staff In 2022, over 5,800 applications were submitted by UW affiliates and students for international visits, which lasted less than a year. Students take part in grant and internship programmes, academics teach and participate in research projects and conferences, and general staff participate in training. Meanwhile, 3,558 students and doctoral candidates from abroad studied at the UW. Our University is the mos…
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Cooperation
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Research
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